You don't have to miss out on the stunning beauty of maple trees just because you have a compact yard. Consider these maple species for your small garden.

The red maple is growing in popularity and is often stronger than its sibling, the sugar maple. “Maple is a relatively clean tree, with strong branches that do not break off easily in high winds.

Anthracnose is a common spring disease on maple trees. Several different fungi can cause the symptoms we describe as anthracnose.

Sugar maples are a great alternative to Norway maples, a non-native tree with invasive tendencies. Sugar maple leaves break down quickly if left on the ground and provide a good natural fertilizer.

Q. My maple tree has black spots on the leaves that just appeared recently. Should I be concerned about this? What should I do?

I lost count of how many people asked us about the maple leaves drying up and dropping off their trees. I had noticed this condition with the large sugar maples on our property in Putnam. I checked in ...

March is maple syrup season in Wisconsin. The sugar maple tree and the history of maple sugaring is an important part of Wisconsin’s heritage. Genuine maple syrup follows a process of tapping ...

Maple, Sycamore, yellow poplar, and sweetgum trees are known for their lobed leaves, which turn bright colors in fall. Here's how to tell them apart.

This week, we introduce the sugar maple or Acer saccharum. This tree, also called hard maple, has simple leaves typically with five lobes, two smaller lobes at the base and three larger lobes at the ...

We still use the same basic principles to make maple syrup. Here at the College of Environmental Science and Forestry's Heiberg Forest, we tap the sugar maple trees by boring a small hole in the trunk ...

For years, people stopped to stare at the sugar maple tree in its fall glory in Sandra Peters’ front yard. Now, the tree towers above passing cars as a sculpture of two nature gods, with hands ...

RICHMOND — It’s not just New Englanders who think the sugar maple tree is special. When Green Berkshires brought a Minnesota scientist to study a threatened stand of these particular maples in Mount ...